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| US to watch Russia's 'Cold-War era' warplanes in Venezuela |
| 2008-09-12 |
| Adds some more details with state dept reaction The United States said Thursday it will monitor two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers, which it described as "Cold War era assets," following their deployment to Venezuela. "It is something that we will watch very closely, as we have with the movements of other military assets for the stated purpose of this joint exercise," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters. Besides the warplanes, Russia also plans to send warships to Venezuela for joint naval exercises in November. "I would just note, for example, that our military assets in the region of the Black Sea, for example, are there to deliver humanitarian assistance," McCormack said. "I will leave it to the Russians and the Venezuelans to describe the purpose of their activities," he added. The United States sent warships to the Black Sea to deliver humanitarian aid to Georgia after Russia launched a military incursion there last month that has inflamed US-Russian tensions. Asked if he was making a link between events on both continents, McCormack replied: "I am making no linkage whatsoever. I am just pointing out an interesting data point." |
| Posted by:Free Radical |
| #6 MEDVEDEV now weighs in > warns that GEORGIA would've been attacked even iff Georgia was on a firm path to NATO Membership. Also claims that NATO is getting WEAKER as it gets closer to RUSSIA [Asia]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-09-12 21:30 |
| #5 Be interesting if Hugo's plane goes down. Just saying. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-09-12 14:58 |
| #4 We should have some F-22's make a stop in Barranquilla, Colombia. They could fly around 'neutral waters' at the same time. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2008-09-12 11:43 |
| #3 Two cold war garbage cans. I'm real scared. They wont even have a fighter escort by the sound of it. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-09-12 07:15 |
| #2 It is much bigger and much>/b> faster than a B1. I don't know her aptitude for low altitude penetration. But since Chavez has announced he will persoanlly pilot one of them the USAF, USN need only to worry about the other TU-160 |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-09-12 04:56 |
| #1 Better description: Soviet copy of a B1, performance-destroying swing wing and all. |
| Posted by: Woozle Wholutch4001 2008-09-12 02:40 |